NEW DELHI: Anudeep Durishetty has topped the prestigious civil services 2017 examination whose results were declared today by the Union Public Service Commission. A total of 990 candidates -- 750 men and 240 women -- have been recommended by the Commission for appointment to various central government services.
  • Anudeep Durishetty hails from Hyderabad
  • He is currently serving as an Assistant Commissioner at Indian Revenue Service.
  • He has graduated with BE (Electronics & Instrumentation) degree from BITS, Pilani.
  • Anudeep, an OBC candidate, qualified the examination with Anthropology as his optional subject.
  • Ira Singhal who topped the Union Public Service Commission examination for 2014 has congratulated the UPSC Civil Services Exam 2017 topper on Facebook.
Meanwhile, Anu Kumari of Sonipat secured the second rank and is the topper among the female candidates She graduated with B.Sc (Hons) in Physics from Delhi University and has done MBA (Finance and Marketing) from IMT, Nagpur. The top 25 candidates comprised 17 men and eight women. Saumya Sharma, who appeared in the UPSC exams under the physically disabled category. secured an overall ninth rank. The UPSC exam was held in June 2017 to recruit aspirants for as many as 980 posts in Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service, Central Services (Group A and Group B) and various other government departments. Candidates who appeared in the written examination last year can check the details and the respective results through the official site of UPSC at upsc.gov.in. (With inputs from agencies)